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So I am considering nuking windows, and installing Red Hat 8
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 3:01 pm
by infolock
I'm kind of at a loss here. My expertise in Linux is small and few, but most winblows user's have the exact same problem. I know I can learn Linux, but I'm currently kind of afraid of moving to it. If I go strictly with Linux, that means that I can no longer user Windows 2000, and that also means that more then likely, my video/sound is not going to be recognized through linux, etc. etc..
However, if I go with linux, I get more *hands on* experience with learning server/client side scripting, more functionality with php/MySQL, and a lot more security. Which should I go with??
Winblows....
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:29 pm
by cschotch
The only reason I vote for keeping winblows is that I tried the "Blow it away and install linux....." I screwed up and after 1 week of having to try and figure out what I did wrong I gave up and put windows in again. Now, I have 2 computers 1 with windows and 1 with linux. That way I can learn linux and keep going.
BTW I still have a apache webserver, mysql and everything else on my WinXP and it does fine....
Still don't know crud about Linux but at elast I got it up and running now

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:32 pm
by mydimension
moved to General Discussion.
Client Side is reserved for dealing with client side web development.
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:08 am
by Johnm
Setting up the dual boot is a good way to have the best of both worlds if you are not in the position to have two boxes. I recommend that you install Linux first then windows.
John M
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 11:36 am
by JPlush76
I'd say do a dual boot until you learn linux. I just had a spare box I put FreeBSD on and I'm learning on that. As soon as I'm up to speed. bye bye windows world. Its alot more fun on the BSD box as far as seeing whats really going on in the system.

good luck
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 4:27 pm
by jason
Or do what I do.
One machine (the main machine with 2 monitors) runs SuSE, and the other machine (the one with the bigger monitor) runs Windows.
The former is for everything but games, the latter is for games.
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:15 am
by Takuma
I once considered changing my windows to red hat linux but after looking a lot on the internet and finding that there isn't a really good software for linux I decided to stay with Windows. If I had 2 computers I would love to have one linux and nother windows.
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 6:52 am
by evilcoder
I have quad boot. I run XP, ME, red hat and Mandrake. I spend most my time using Mandrake which in my opinion is the best LINUX OS out.
Red hat is great. I dont play games so linux is great for me, i just webcode.
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 7:25 am
by Johnm
Yea, at work I do too. '98, 2000, XP, and Redhat. This allows me to test a wide array of browsers on a multitude of platforms.
John M
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 11:50 am
by BDKR
Takuma wrote:I once considered changing my windows to red hat linux but after looking a lot on the internet and finding that there isn't a really good software for linux I decided to stay with Windows. If I had 2 computers I would love to have one linux and nother windows.
This is another one of those myths that is normally a result of just not knowing where to look. Actually, EVERYTHING that is used a good deal has an equivalent in Linux/Unix/FreeBsd! Places like freshmeat.net, rpmfind.net, and just plain old google are great for finding everything you need to run on your linux boxen. I even have an MSN client!
The only things you won't find are MSoft progs that they choose not to port to Linux. And you know what? So what? They too have their equivalents. Some of the MS stuff is very good. I'll grant that. But much of the Open Source stuff is very good too. What was once Open Source, but now for pay for Sun, Star Office is every bit the measure of MS Office. And the code base for Open Office comes from Star Office.
Seriously Takuma, just look around. It's out there.
Cheers,
BDKR
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 12:47 pm
by Takuma
Are you sure because I use OpenOffice instead of MS Office but I don't think it's that good...
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 2:32 pm
by BDKR
I agree. Open Office isn't as nice as Star Office or MS Office. However, it is based on an older fork of the Star Office code before it closed up. The Open Office boys still have some work to do as far as I'm concerned, but it's getting there.
Cheers,
BDKR
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 4:18 pm
by evilcoder
VMWARE or WINE will let you run windows programs on LINUX.
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 8:03 am
by superwormy
Dual boot is EXTREMELLY easy to do with Windows / Linux, just install Linux last.
Def. the best way to go.
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 4:51 pm
by evilcoder
i've found an increasing low need for windows lately. I stopped gaming so there goes my need for windows at all. If you get Mandrake 9.0 and run WINE on it, you can emulate pretty much every windows program, funny thing is, its more stable then windwos itself. Lol